18 March 2022

Rotorua Lakes High School “Mauria te pono - Keep steadfastly to the truth”

NEWSLETTER ISSUE No. 04 – 18 MARCH 2022

CONTENTS From the Principal – P. 1 - 2 News from Teachers – P. 3 - 4 Student Successes – P. 5 - 6 Sports – P. 7 Careers / Gateway – P. 7 Notice Board – P. 7

Kia ora Koutou, On Tuesday this week we had our annual Rotorua Lakes High School Swimming Sports at the Rotorua Aquatic Centre. Due to covid number restrictions we had our competitive swimmers only but that didn’t dampen the students’ enthusiasm. We had a great day and the students were fantastic, highly competitive and showcased their many talents in all events. Special mention to Leonard Rankin who broke the junior boys 100m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke and 50m Butterfly records and to Hannah Kiernan who broke the intermediate girls 50m Breaststroke record Thank you to all our fantastic students and to our Heads of House for organizing. (further details on page 5).

It was great to hold our full school athletics championships last week as this time last year we were in lockdown! It was an outstanding day filled with our students competing and participating in our track and field events. I must mention that Ava McGrath, our year 9 student has beaten a 48 year old Junior Girls Discus record by 62cm! Very well done and my thanks to everyone involved for their participation and hard work. (further details on page 6).

It is fantastic to see our sporting results coming in again full details on pages 5 – 6.

Our Talent Quest is here! To all our talented students don’t forget the Talent Quest heats are coming up on 28 to 30 March with the final on Thursday 31 March. I am looking forward to seeing our students’ performances.

As always, have a great weekend. Stay safe.

Ngā mihi,

Jon Ward Principal / Tumuaki

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___________________________________________________________________________ REPORTING ABSENCES Currently we have a number of ways for parents to report an absence. We are moving to a more streamlined process from 4th April.

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From today – we will no longer be using School loop to receive absences.

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From 4 April - we will no longer have our absentee line available.

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From 4 April - you will only be able to report via SchoolBridge or its app.

Thank you, please contact the school if you have any queries.

___________________________________________________________________________ SCHOOLBRIDGE – CONNECTING PARENTS/WHANAU & STUDENTS TO THE SCHOOL

Just an extra couple of points to help you log into Schoolbridge should you need it.

How to Sign in to SchoolBridge Sign in to SchoolBridge using your KAMAR account – this was emailed to you last Friday.

SchoolBridge Web Version You can sign into the web version of SchoolBridge here https://rotorualakes.bridge.school.nz Caregivers: If you have forgotten your account details, you can sign into the web version of SchoolBridge by clicking “Magic Link” and a sign-in link will be emailed to you.

Schoolbridge App – Download the app for quick access.

___________________________________________________________________________ CITYRIDE BUS SERVICES Please note all Rotorua Cityride bus services have moved to a revised COVID-19 bus timetable; so that we can run a reliable service to meet our community’s needs. Bus routes 1 to 10 will now run on a Sunday timetable and Routes 11 and 12 will remain on a Saturday timetable every day due to COVID-19 impacts. This means that all urban bus services in Rotorua will run to an hourly frequency, which is half of the normal weekday service.

___________________________________________________________________________ ASSESSMENTS The following assessments have been set down. There may be times where, due to unforeseen circumstances, changes will need to occur. This will be done in consultation with the class(es) concerned.

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Level 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 1

Subject Biology Digital Technology Digital Technology Dance Legal Studies Legal Studies Tourism Field Trip Biology Tourism Field Trip Food & Nutrition Science Internal English

Standard 91158 91877 29774 90859 27841 27851 91601 90959 90930 90856

Date 21 March 23 March 24 March 25 March 25 March 1 April 25 March 25 March 8 April All Week 8 Week 9 31 March

NEWS FROM OUR TEACHERS ___________________________________________________________________________ 11 AOE Tramping & Camping experience in Term 1 has been postponed until Term 2. ___________________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR WHANAU / CAREGIVERS OF SENIOR ART STUDENTS All senior students have their internal assessment tasks uploaded to google classroom, as well as a paper handout for students who may be isolating at home without a device. This will allow students to continue on through the NCEA programmes with very little problem.

As we are a department that has practical subjects, our goal is to adapt where needed to meet the requirements of NCEA. If your son or daughter is isolating, and they have an assessment due that they cannot submit, can you please contact your child's subject teacher in the first instance. This will then allow us to make arrangements as needed.

___________________________________________________________________________ YEAR 9 NUMERACY TESTING All Year 9 students have now been numeracy tested. These results are being used to inform teachers in numeracy based subjects. This means students can be scaffolded or extended. Some students will be further supported within the Accelerated Numeracy Programme which runs as intensive small groups for 8 hours a week and as an extra teacher within some junior mainstream Maths classes.

RLHS is very appreciative for the support of the Ngati Whakaue Education Endowment Trust Fund, in collaboration with RECT, who fund a significant portion of the expenses for this programme each year.

If your student is a part of the more intensive numeracy programme a letter will be sent home.

Interested whanau/caregivers who are concerned about their student's level of numeracy are welcome to ask about their student's results by e-mailing kellyk@rotorualakes.school.nz

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___________________________________________________________________________ LUNCHES AT RLHS Thank you so much to Kahira Olley and her amazing team who support students at RLHS in need of lunch. These lunches are delivered and made fresh daily. We are grateful for the love and care that goes into these lunches.

'Full Potential, Full Puku' is one of many initiatives run through 'Save our babies' charitable trust. If you would like to support Save our babies trust see the details below. https://www.saveourbabiescharitabletrust.org/ Ph: 027 739 3959 saveourbabiescharitabletrust@gmail.com

___________________________________________________________________________ BRIEF LOOK – TERM 1 2022 28 – 30 March

Talent Quest Heats

31 March

Talent Quest Final

14 April

Tracking reports issued

THURSDAY 14 APRIL

END OF TERM 1

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STUDENT SUCCESSES ___________________________________________________________________________ SWIMMING SPORTS An amazing Swimming Sports event was held this week in a condensed format due to Aquatic Centre restrictions. All swimmers that attended got involved, earned house points and had a great morning. The vibe was really encouraging and the swimming talent was outstanding - some future Olympians amongst our students for sure!

Junior Girls Champ: Kate Staunton & Anna Shapley Junior Boys Champ: Leonard Rankin Intermediate Girls Champ: Hannah Kiernan Intermediate Boys Champ: Matthew Gray Senior Girls Champ: Stella Weston Senior Boys Champ: Samuel Trass Special mention to Leonard Rankin who broke the junior boys 100m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke and 50m Butterfly records (all previously held by Samuel Trass), Hannah Kiernan who broke the intermediate girls 50m Breaststroke record (previously held by Stella Weston).

House competition placings:

1st = 2nd = 3rd = 4th =

Okareka Tikitapu Tarawera Rotokakahi

Photos taken by Alana Wilkinson

___________________________________________________________________________ GREAT DAY FOR OUR WAKA AMA CREWS One of our waka ama crews got to try out our new fabulous paddles and super comfy life jackets yesterday. Thank you Sport BOP and Tu Manawa funding also Manaaki Made Paddles for the beautiful paddles and Harbour View Marine for the awesome deal on the life jackets.

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___________________________________________________________________________ ATHLETICS DAY Last week, we held our annual full school athletics championships.

It was an outstanding day filled with our students competing and participating in our track and field events.

The highlight of the day for sure was Ava McGrath beating a 48 year old Junior Girls Discus record by 62cm!! Way to go Ava an amazing result!

Congratulations to all our fantastic students who participated – you were all amazing. Also, thank you to our wonderful Heads of House and staff who assisted in running a highly successful day.

Overall the House placing for athletics were:

1st 2nd: 3rd: 4th:

TA = TI = OK = RO =

640 points 613 points 465 points 446 points

___________________________________________________________________________ BOP SECONDARY SCHOOL TENNIS CHAMPS SUCCESS Our tennis team went to Papamoa on Friday to compete in the BOP Secondary School Champs. Hayden Martin did very well to come 5th in a very competitive Div.1 boys singles, Kobe Smith did awesome to come runner-up in the Boys Div 2 Singles and Incke Conradie was so strong and came First in the Girls Div 2 Singles. Outstanding results. Very well done.

Thanks to Sean Martin for all your hard work in taking our team over and supporting them.

From left: Kobe Smith, Hayden Martin & Incke Conradie

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SPORT ___________________________________________________________________________ BOYS HOCKEY Trials for Boys Hockey will be held 5.00pm on the 25th March at the Rotorua Hockey Turf (Devon Street). All registered players should be ready to take the turf at 5.00pm appropriately attired with shin-pads and mouthguards. The trials will be run by BOP Hockey Coaching and Performance Manager Mel Aiken.

Following the trail an initial squad will be selected for a pre season tournament that will be played in Rotorua on the 2nd and 3rd of April, following which teams will be finalised.

We still require support in the way of coaches and managers for teams this season. Anyone who is interested should contact Ms Blackmore at blackmoreh@rotorualakes.school.nz

CAREERS & GATEWAY ___________________________________________________________________________ AFTER SCHOOL WORK Service IQ and schools are working with Countdown to help students get into after school and weekend work with countdown. if you are interested in this please follow the link below. If you need help or any questions students can pop into the Gateway office and see Mrs E Hingston.

Your students can register online at www.ServiceIQ.org.nz/work. There is more information there about this initiative too.

FROM NOTICE OUR DEPARTMENTS BOARD

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